A perfect balance between his pastoral, more lyrical style and the more dramatic and violent music. Great piece.

Former M&S Chairman Lord Rose, "Here we are, 10 years on now from Brexit" "The issues of immigration are caused by Brexit" "The issues of our poor economic performance ate down to Brexit"

How many Republicans have spoken out against Trump's threat to suspend habeas corpus? How many Republicans have spoken out against Trump's "gift" from Qatar? How many Republicans--and other Republican-adjacent elites--put the Constitution above Trump? The sad answer: vanishingly close to zero.

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Just following orders isn’t going to hold up in court.

Going back to first principles and to the recording I heard as a kid in the early 1970s. Also the first solo violinist I heard in concert, playing Brahms at the RFO with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Walter Weller.

Why does nobody tell her straight up this is bullshit?

This kid runs circles around the reporter

I'm not sure listening to Mahler 's 6th is the ideal motivational tool before Tottenham play their Europa League semi-final return fixture tonight v Bodo/Glimt, to be played in the Arctic Circle. But there you go. Too late now! 😬😥😉

We are proud to support @aborchestras.bsky.social campaign for an orchestra in every school🏫 A national call to ensure access to high-quality music education and creative subjects for all children and young people. Learn more: abo.org.uk/what-we-do/c... #AnOrchestraInEverySchool

If we were a more serious country, where the rule of law & the constitution actually mattered, these people would already have been arrested & marched out of every federal building they tried to enter in handcuffs.

If you read the testimonies of the people starving to death in Gaza you'll realise that they had normal lives and jobs two years ago. They worked in IT, they were chefs or nurses, they had small businesses, they underwent IVF, they cooked big family meals. They are no different to you or me.

Eight Weddings and Two Funerals...

As IF any woman actually needed another reason to not want the sexual predator / rapist, convicted felon in charge...let THIS sink in, ladies!! Impeach. Convict. Remove.

Fantastic performance of Simon Boccanegra by @operanorth.co.uk in Bradford, one of the best things I've seen them do in 40 or so years. Coming to Newcastle,Hull, Liverpool, Nottingham and London,if you get the chance to see it. 🌅🌊⛵🌊💙

Do not let Trump gaslight you into believing he has a mandate or is all powerful. Most Americans don't support his cruel agenda. His approval ratings are in the gutter. Individuals and institutions are fighting back in courts and winning. Keep up the fight.

BREAKING: 1,500 grad workers at the University of Rochester are ON STRIKE. They teach, research & run labs but the administration refuses to respect their right to unionize. After months of delays, they’re taking action. We stand with them in the fight for a fair process. #UofRStrike

The best part is the ‘drunk shaving’ explanation at the end.

hey @columbiauniversity.bsky.social, this is how you fucking do it. Punch back at fascists. Great work @harvard.edu. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/u...

For personal reasons, April always seems to be Beethoven month. Two all time favourites here, the violin concerto and the 4th piano concerto. Going back to essentials for me... 🌿🌷💙

Name a classical recording so powerful and overwhelming that you could pair it with this 9.5 % Belgian beer! 😳🍺🎶🔥😉

A couple of classic recordings today. And some reading up for Simon Boccanegra next Saturday. My first trip ever to Italy last week, via Genoa. And we 'll be back there again with Simon Boccanegra. Funny how these things go. 🌅🌊🌊🌊

I've just been told by someone who obviously thinks he knows that Mahler 's 8th is by far his best work. And to prove it, Mahler said so himself. As Mr Hamilton said in 'Waldorf Salad ' , " What a bunch of crap!" Not the 8th , but the attitude. No 8 is the most divisive of the cycle IMO. BTW, 3 !!!

Harvard posted a copy of the letter they received from the administration. It can be seen at: www.harvard.edu/research-fun...

Now listening. The first Mahler 5th I heard, 40 years ago. I like to listen to this when I want a lower alcohol content than the Vienna PO / Bernstein classic, which is a 6.5 % beer for certain.

Once this happens, we will officially be in a dictatorship, not just an authoritarian state. Speaker Mike Johnson floats eliminating federal courts as GOP ramps up attacks on judges

A come-to-Jesus moment for American lawyers, and for America's most important law firms. This is it. This is the moment you always imagined, where you told yourself you would do the right thing -- where you told yourself that your profession would stand up. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

I've been listening to a batch of Giuseppe Sinopoli recordings lately. Some great and distinctive performances there. Strauss, Respighi, Scriabin, Schumann, Liszt. I already loved his Bruckner 5, Schoenberg and German Requiem. Do you have any particular favourites?

Seniors & disabled Americans made 80M calls to Social Security last year. Now, Trump & Musk have begun shutting down phone services—cutting off a vital lifeline to benefits. I'm joining 60 colleagues calling for an immediate U-turn on this decision & to keep SSA phone lines open.

Remember: Fucking in any way, shape or form with Social Security is a trial balloon for making it go away, which has been a RW wet dream/Holy Grail since 1935. Make sure they know you know what's happening. US Capitol Switchboard: (202) 224-3121

Donald Trump is trying to dismantle public education in America. To every public school student, teacher, and parent: this is our moment to stick together and fight back.

Fascism Isn't Coming To America, It's Here. Do Americans Have the Strength to Drive it Out? johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/fascism-is...

this stuff is happening across the country and even more intensively downstream of the veterans admin but it's happening in so many places at once and without any public notification that it's still only barely emerging in the news

🙀*SHRIEKS!*😱

BREAKING: Pianist András Schiff cancels all his US engagements for 2025-26 in response to "the recent and unprecedented political changes in the United States." "Some people might say, 'just shut up and play.' I cannot, in good conscience, do that." www.kirshbaumassociates.com/agency.php?v...

A kidney transplant specialist and professor at Brown University’s medical school has been deported from the U.S., even though she had a valid visa and a court order temporarily blocking her expulsion, according to her lawyer and court papers.

I know Fascism always fails, but terrible shit happens in the meantime, and I mean deaths. Don't be patient. Do what you can to kill it every day. Remember the "Great Escape"? Those guys were in a Nazi prison camp, but their duty was still to escape, and to fuck Nazi shit up every day every way.

Exquisite Roman cobalt blue glass cup signed by master glassmaker ‘Ennion’. AD 30-70. Ennion was the first glassmaker to ‘brand’ his work by incorporating his name into the mould’s design. Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Adria 📷 Leonardo.disimon #Archaeology

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Extraordinary scenes in Serbia’s capital Belgrade right now. Around 500,000 people are on the streets in what may be the biggest protest in Serbian history. All demanding the resignation of President Vučić & his government. What began as a student protest is now a full democratic uprising. 🇷🇸

This morning 's music, Corelli Concerti Grossi and the marvellous and evocative Nympholept by Bax... 🌅💙

Fox News anchor, Jesse Watters finds it “personally offensive” that Canadians refuse to be annexed by the US: “That’s what everyone in the world wants—American citizenship.” American Imperialism is on full show.

I bought a Tesla because it was fast like a rocket ship. But now every time I drive it, I feel like a rolling billboard for a man dismantling our government and hurting people. So Tesla, you’re fired! New ride coming soon.

Last heard this in the 1990s ,ON CASSETTE!! Hearing all kinds of new things now in better sound. Not my usual repertoire , but a fabulous disc.

From the days when Woolworths sold their own CDs... 🌅🌿🌺🌊🤩

A favourite recording, courtesy of my good friend David, who's knowledge of films is encyclopedic.

Der Vampyr by Marschner, the musical cousin of Weber 's Der Freischutz. Excellent.